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ESPN’s 2012-13 Big Ten Men’s College Basketball Schedule

ESPN’s 2012-13 Big Ten men’s college basketball regular-season schedule will include 38 conference games across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Overall, 25 of the 38 games will involve at least one team in an early ESPN.com men’s preseason top 25 poll with 15 of games pitting ranked teams against each other.

The lineup will include multiple appearances by all six ranked teams (No. 1 Indiana, No. 5 Michigan, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 9 Michigan State, No. 22 Wisconsin and No. 25 Minnesota). Six of the games will feature a matchup between teams in the top nine:

Date

Time (ET)

Game

Network

Sat, Jan 19

6 p.m.

No. 8 Ohio State at No. 9 Michigan State

ESPN

Sat, Feb 2

9 p.m.

No. 5 Michigan at No. 1 Indiana *

ESPN

Tue, Feb 5

9 p.m.

No. 8 Ohio State at No. 5 Michigan

ESPN

Tue, Feb 12

9 p.m.

No. 5 Michigan at No. 9 Michigan State

ESPN

Tue, Feb 19

7 p.m.

No. 1 Indiana at No. 9 Michigan State

ESPN

Tue, Mar 5

9 p.m.

No. 8 Ohio State at No. 1 Indiana

ESPN

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